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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoya Kawasaki, Toyota, JP;

Hitoshi Mitsumata, Toyota, JP;

Takashi Ogitani, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/48 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/483 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3233 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3283 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9389 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to provide a front structure, of a vehicle, which prevents reduction in efficiency in cooling an auxiliary component, by using intake air, and suppresses damage to the auxiliary component, which are caused by a millimeter-wave radar in the event of collision, a front structure of the vehicle includes a front right side radar for transmitting and receiving a radio wave to detect obstacles to a front right side of the vehicle, a front left side radar for transmitting and receiving a radio wave to detect obstacles to a front left side of the vehicle, a bumper reinforcement, crash boxes at the left and the right, and a condenser which is cooled by intake air. The front right side radar is arranged to a side farther out than a right end of the condenser, and the front left side radar is arranged to a side farther out than a right end of the condenser.


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